Mitt Romney tried to regain his lead in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination, assailing the voting record of Rick Santorum in a fiercely combative exchange.

HIGHER earnings from lotteries have helped Tatts Group lift its net profit for the first half of the financial year by 11.3 per cent.

PHUKET: Employers who wish to renew their Burmese immigrant employees’ work permits must submit application forms and relevant document by April 12, the Phuket Employment Office (PEO) announced on Tuesday (February 21).

Thailand’s tourism scored a growth of more than seven per cent during the first month of the year, despite terror threats and the aftermath of the floods late last year.

The independent Energy Regulatory Commission of Thailand (ERC) wants to increase electricity prices for May-August, citing the rising price of natural gas, which fuels 70 per cent of Thailand’s power stations.

Major Thai gold trading firm YLG Bullion expects the global gold price to top US$2,000 (B60,000) an ounce soon, causing the domestic retail price to hit B30,000 per baht-weight.

PHUKET: A pregnant Australian teenager was beaten and robbed by four Thai ladyboys in Patong early yesterday morning.

The victim, 19-year-old “Bonnie May”, asked that the Phuket Gazette use only her nickname out of fear or reprisal by the gang of ladyboys, who she said attacked her for no reason after she asked them for directions.

Speaking to the Gazette at Bangkok Hospital Phuket while awaiting a medical checkup yesterday afternoon, five-months-pregnant Bonnie recounted her ordeal.

EMPLOYMENT website posts parody job application for the position of Prime Minister. Any takers? Didn’t think so.

TELSTRA will confirm acceptance of the government’s structural separation conditions, clearing the way for an $11 billion NBN deal.

Chronic stomach pains caused the actress to give up fast food and start exercising